Taconic Crashes| Free College Tuition|Fire Caused by Cigarette

There was plenty of news across the Hudson Valley on Thursday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup.

Police and fire:

• Cortlandt Man Seriously Injured in Taconic Crash
• Man Killed Thursday Afternoon in 1-Car Taconic Accident
• Victims Found on Property of Ex-Briarcliff Manor Cop Likely Shot
• Pleasant Valley Man Arrested Throwing Drugs Out Truck Window: Police
• Fire in Somers Home Likely Caused By Cigarette
• State Troopers Issue 30,000+ Tickets During Holiday Sober-Driving Campaign
• Bloods Bust: Charges Include Westchester Attempted Murder

Top news:

• New Castle Fire Commissioners Seek to Buy Land
• Westchester Legislators to Vote on Banning Gun Shows at County-Owned Property
• Insurance Company Suing Golden's Bridge Fire Department
• County Exec Reorganizes Rockland Community Development Office
• Free College Tuition is Good Idea: WCC President
• Macy's Announces List of Closing Stores in New York, Elsewhere

News of the day:

• Visitation, Service for Ground Zero Volunteer Charles Flickinger
• Rockland Legislature Names 2017 Leadership
• South Nyack Electronic Waste Collection Day Jan. 7
• Domestic Dry Goods Company to Close in Rye Ridge Shopping Center
• Monroe College Promotes Executive Vice President to President
• 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration to Be Held in Larchmont
• New Tank for the Northern Westchester Joint Waterworks

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